Cristian Molinaro (16 Viewers)

Cronios

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Jun 7, 2004
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Cronios is pure evil.
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Molinaro is better than Grygera since last season yet people act like Moli is the weakest link.
Indeed, Moli is not our weakest link this season, but Marchionni is!
BUT, Marchionni is supposed to be just Camo's sub and he showed some potential at his Parma days.
Grygera can be replaced by Zebina and Mellberg.
But Molinaro is the only player in our squad who is still irreplaceable.
A starter and thats not because of his consistent great performances, or his great potential/talent.
Hopefully, those three, will not find their way to our starter eleven next year...
 

v1rtu4l

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Mar 4, 2008
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But Molinaro is the only player in our squad who is still irreplaceable.
A starter and thats not because of his consistent great performances, or his great potential/talent.
Hopefully, those three, will not find their way to our starter eleven next year...
so you forgot about de ceglie ? he could take molinaros position, but he is defensively inferiour to molinaro and that is the only reason why he gets so rare starts...
 

swag

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Sep 23, 2003
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Indeed, Moli is not our weakest link this season, but Marchionni is!
BUT, Marchionni is supposed to be just Camo's sub and he showed some potential at his Parma days.
I have to agree. And given his Parma performances, I was one of the more vocal posters looking forward to having Marchionni on the team.

Sad to say, it's been a terrible disappointment of extended injuries, ridiculously poor defensive marking, and bad ball control.
 

Cronios

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Jun 7, 2004
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so you forgot about de ceglie ? he could take molinaros position, but he is defensively inferiour to molinaro and that is the only reason why he gets so rare starts...
I didnt forgot about DC, but CR did, just like he proved last, he is completely biased and favors Moli, beyond any logic. DC didnt fail, he never had a real chance to prove himself, not even the 1/100 of the chances Moli had...
That was i was afraid that Moli's presence will hurt our team's potential in the future!!
Because of Moli we didnt buy a quality LB and because of him we are not willing to try player with far better potential!
That was foreseen in a discuss i had with Osman!
Moli has given far more chances, than any other player of similar or even double potential would only dream for...

The official excuse would have been that, because of the lack of interest of our owners, we would rather rather prefer to turn DC into a winger and sub to Neddy/Silva etc and Giovinco into a sub a DP. So that we would avoid further investment. Thats the only logical plan i can see, BUT that wouldnt explain two things:
-If DC is a winger and was brought to be as such, then who the f&*k is our sub LB again?? Once again, this is the only position in an entire lot that faces no competition! Our forward line has world class competition and we are still interesting of further boosting it, our RB has 3-4 alternatives (on theory, but you prefer quantity over quality, anyway) WTF are we doing for our left wing??
-Then why him or Gio never get to rest Neddy as well??
If Molinaro is such a great defender you claim he is and not liability, then why should we sacrifice our attacking option to play an old man who cannot offer much offensively, any more??

One way or another, there is a big whole in the plot there...i smell smth dirty going on...


I have to agree. And given his Parma performances, I was one of the more vocal posters looking forward to having Marchionni on the team.

Sad to say, it's been a terrible disappointment of extended injuries, ridiculously poor defensive marking, and bad ball control.
I ve been waiting for the real Marchio's return, like forever...
Its time to get over with it, maybe a loan to a less competitive team, could benefit him and help him come back. He should not be allowed to become such a liability,
this certainly will have a negative impact on his carrier.
 

Raz

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Nov 20, 2005
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Good performence from the lad, he tries so hard and its good to see him playing decent for a quite while now. Keep it up. Forza Molinaro!:juventus:
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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I would go so far as to say that I do not fear him having to defend any more.

His positioning and concentration have improved a great deal in the last year.
 

Cronios

Juventolog
Jun 7, 2004
27,519
Moli is indeed less harmful than last year, maybe not helpful, but at least less harmful... His performance today wasnt bad, but not as good as the last time...

Def not top defensive perf, since he allowed too many crosses from his side, esp at the 1 st half.
 

Sadomin

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Apr 5, 2005
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Moli is indeed less harmful than last year, maybe not helpful, but at least less harmful... His performance today wasnt bad, but not as good as the last time...

Def not top defensive perf, since he allowed too many crosses from his side, esp at the 1 st half.
One of the key rules of defending as a fullback is to never let your opponent cut inside. Inevitably this will allow the opposition to send in a few crosses which should be taken care of by the rest of the defence.

I've played fullback for 12 years and even at lower levels it's impossible to stop all crosses. Forcing the opponent to cross into a penalty box with Chiellini, Mellberg and Buffon in first place is a sign of good defending.
 

Raz

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Nov 20, 2005
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I know he is not very gifted player, and i dont think he can be a decisive player in a championship winning team, but i damn like his attitude and his commitment. He doesnt do that sad face too often now when he misses a cross or does something bad :) Anyone sow the celebration after the coppa match, were congratulating molinaro for his good cross after goal. From that you can see that the locker room atmosfare is good :)
 

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